Class 1 Nickel has assembled a team with vast experience in resource exploration and development
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Highly Regarded Nickel Experts
PRESIDENT
Benjamin H. Cooper
- 22 years of frontline capital market experience.
- Raised over $200m for public companies and responsible for financing, administration, marketing and management of public companies.
- Expertise in exploration management, resource development and PFS mine study operations for nickel, copper and iron ore assets.
PRINCIPAL GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANT
Tony Donaghy, BSc (Hons), P.GEO
- Internationally recognized expert in the global search for nickel, copper, cobalt and PGEs.
- Began his career with the Falconbridge Exploration team in Sudbury, ON, and prior to joining CSA Global was the Global Commodity Leader for Nickel and Platinum with Anglo American Exploration, responsible for the technical oversight of all Anglo-American nickel exploration activity globally.
SPECIALIST GEOLOGICAL TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Dr. Danielle Giovenazzo, PhD, P.GEO
- Highly regarded Nickel Expert with 30 years focused on nickel, copper and PGE sulphide projects.
- Her work with Falconbridge, Xstrata Nickel, Castillian Resources and as a Director of Newgenco Pty Ltd covered brownfield, greenfield and continental scale project generation projects in North America, South America, West Africa, northern Europe and Australia.
- She is currently president of the OGQ (Quebec Professional Association of Geologists) and board member of SOQUEM the Quebec government lead partnered program.
- Holds a PhD on the Metallogeny of theKentyLake Ni-Cu-PGE deposit located in the Cape Smith belt and is currently president of the OGQ (Quebec Professional Association ofGeologists) and board member of SOQUEM the Quebec government lead partnered program.
Specialist Geological Technical Advisor
Dr. Martin Tuchscherer, P.GEO, PhD
- Seasoned and successful professional geoscientist with over 20 years’ experience across multiple commodities and companies.
- Martin participated in the discovery and definition drilling of the Black Thor and Black Label chromitite deposits of the Ring of Fire in Ontario. He also actively participated over several years in Ni-Cu-PGE grassroot and near mine exploration on the Nunavik Nickel Project with Canadian Royalties Inc. He helped with the discovery of the Lynx gold deposit with the Osisko Mining exploration team on the Windfall Lake project. He recently helped with the discovery of the Patwon gold showing on the Elmer Property in the Baie-James region of Quebec with Azimut Exploration.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Senior Financial Backing and Leadership
DIRECTOR
David Fitch
- CEO & joint major shareholder of the Fitch Group, a property development and investment company in Australia.
- Extensive experience in strategic planning, commercial negotiations, business operations and asset management.
- Major shareholder in QEM Limited, a company with one of the largest vanadium resources in the world. Investor in Central Laboratories Ltd, a producer of products for the firefighting and dust suppressants markets. Director of DBRB Property Group a company which manages a diverse portfolio of other investments.
DIRECTOR
Mathew Gilbertson
- Director with 25+ years’ management experience within mining and technology sectors for government, public and private sectors.
- Deep connection to high technology and implementation.
- An In-demand executive management level turnkey consultant, specializing in operational efficiency and economic optimization to customers including Microsoft, Macquarie, HP, as well as State and Federal government agencies in Australia and Singapore.
DIRECTOR
David Crevier
- Partner of the law firm Colby Monet LLP, in Montreal, Quebec.
- Mr. Crevier is a member of the Barreau du Quebec and has practiced as a lawyer since 1975, primarily in the area of commercial law, assisting public and private companies in the natural resource and technology sectors.
- Mr. Crevier has acted as a director for Goldstar Minerals Inc., a TSX Venture-listed issuer, since September 2016.
DIRECTOR & CFO
Aamer Siddiqui
- Manager of Financial Reporting as MSSI a qualified Chartered Professional Accountant and Chartered Accountant.
- With 10+ years’ experience as a CFO, Aamer provides financial and management advisory services to public companies
- Mr Siddiqui specializes in accounting, budgeting, tax and assurance advice services.
- Serving a number of exploration and mining companies listed on the CSE, TSX and TSX-V, Mr Siddiqui leverages his skills and experience to provide integration for reporting issuers.
CORPORATE SECRETARY
Monique Hutchins
- Managing Director of DSA Corporate Services Inc. and has over 15 years of corporate secretarial, corporate governance, client relationship and marketing experience.
- She was previously the Director of Business Development & Marketing and Corporate Secretary at Independent Review Inc., the organization that runs Independent Review Committees that is a part of the governance structure of every investment fund in Ontario.
- She also held senior roles at Kingsdale Shareholder Services and Institutional Shareholder Services.